this is coming to you live from berlin efforts to move a stranded container ship blocking the suez canal finally make progress and tug boats working around the clock managed to partially refloat the 400 metre long vessel raising hopes that the waterway will soon reopen also coming up world leaders condemn the bloodshed in the united nations accuses the regime of

committing mass murder after more than 100 people were killed in protests over the weekend. germany's chancellor warns the existing coronavirus restrictions may be toughened up a marshall says if the 16 regional states do not fall into line she may have to intervene stricter measures such as curfews could be on the table. plus the formula one season starts with the backing champion lewis hamilton and young challenger max fest. hello i'm terry marchant good to have you with us a massive container ship has been dissed logged from the banks of the suez canal after a vast effort to free it the owner of the ever given says the 400 metre long vessel has been straightened out but it is not yet fully. float it became wedged in the

canal a week ago amid high winds excavators have been digging out the side of the canal while as many as 10 tug boats have been pulling the ship back into position the incident has blocked traffic along the canal which is one of the world's busiest shipping routes. or for the very latest we've got kris kobach here with us from d.w. business good morning from want to show why has it taken nearly a week to get this vessel how for a disloyal looking at 3 factors here 1st the ship is extremely heavy 2nd one is apparently the force with which the ever given has run aground was was quite strong and the 3rd one it is a narrow canal so you don't have really much room to maneuver that said overnight we know that several drivers have told a vacuum vacuum of 27000 cubic meters of mud and sand as you said it took more than 10 tug boats to at least partially straighten out the ever given and it took the

moon because the moon actually over the week of the full moon brought the spring tide which was also helped along there however the challenges remain you said the still not feet as it's they have dislodged yet of the ship and the high tide that has been helpful is receding this week so the clocks don't you know it's really to the suez canal is is part of the one of the busiest trade routes in the whole world what's the extent of the damage chris to world trade well as experts have been saying that the damage is worth about $10000000000.00 per day that will trade 10000000000 a day and there's another figure for you because of the ever given blocking the can now according to the canal authority around 370 ships of both sides need side of the canal waiting for for passage it is impossible to say what the end of those you know. vigil cargo on each ship so that could be anything from video games to the

toilet paper so it shows you how frail some of the trade links are and in this situation and obviously this accident has been a nightmare to egypt as well the stated can now authorities are losing about $13000000.00 each day in fees of ships not being able to pass so the office chair i ordered from my home office that's probably built in china might take a while longer still to go to the world commerce in peril because of a ship blocking a canal could this happen again it sounds like an almost refreshing to the simple problem that a new ship just blocking a canal and. it is the size of the ships that is part of the problem here. now days these giant freighters are 4 times the size that they have been 25 years ago the ever given weighs 220000 tons not that might not tell you much but it is the

length of the height of the empire state building is essential to have to call it all yeah some call it too big to say of these kind of kind of ships and as they keep growing yes the danger of that happening again persists chris thank you very much chris cobra from d.w. business. now to myanmar where international condemnation is growing of the military crackdown on saturday in which more than $100.00 civilians were killed including children u.s. president joe biden the european union and the united nations have all expressed anger over the violence calling it outrageous unacceptable and mass murder funerals were held for the victims of what was the country's bloodiest day since the army seized power. a funeral for a 13 year old boy sajjan was killed when security forces in yangon opened fire the neighbors say there were no protests in the area this just one of many funerals

held the day after the armed forces day massacre when the streets of myanmar cities were stained and blood. his mother calls out to her son now gone forever can't you hear me she cries. even though it's now clear to everyone what protesting in myanmar means people return to the streets the day after the bloodbath determined to press their demands for return to democracy there's no sign the military is changing tactics either and no hint of their backing down from their threat to shoot protesters in the head no one is safe and in you know extremely dangerous situation with you know rampaging and they're killing spree is going on against a city. there are fears that the situation could escalate further protestors are

picking up weapons which are improvised but with the hunt to using more and more force there's concern that the civil disobedience movement may no longer remain nonviolent. 'd was it was mentioned there is increasing international condemnation of the crackdown by myanmar's military but the united nations independent expert on human rights myanmar says words are not enough. there have been voices speaking very loudly of condemnation and concern. that's fine as far as it goes that quite frankly i think those words are ringing hollow with inside of me and more everyone i'm speaking with they want to see focused unified international action like the secretary general is called for and i think that means convening convening immediately the united nations security council have this open debate on exactly what the obligations of the international community should be and let nations of the security council stand up and be counted i think there

also has to be among those nations willing to take action right now a coalition everybody there has to be unified coordinated sanctions a unified coordinated arms embargo and i think we have to take and it immediately institute accountability mechanisms traditional mechanisms to hold these brutal leaders accountable for the mass atrocities that were we're seeing i think clearly we have crimes against humanity being caused and committed right across right in front of our very eyes and the question right now he has what the international community is willing to do about it. or for more let's cross over to bangkok now and speak to reporter ayman time to spend covering events in myanmar for us human touch even covering the coup and its aftermath from the beginning what do you make of saturday's bloodshed. so what we saw on saturday is not

completely unexpected we have been seeing the military really escalate its use of violence over the past 6 or 7 weeks really moving out from rubber bullets and water cannons into shooting live bullets and now we're hearing machine gun fire as well as bombs being dropped right now we have over 3000 people who have fled into thailand because that's there's been at least 9 bombs dropped in the stay in current state which borders the area and especially considering that sound it was armed forces day and normally there are parades there are sort of celebrations of the military and you know they're being led by a group of people really don't seem to care about civilian deaths what we saw on saturday it was not surprising you mentioned that people have been fleeing to thailand you are among them you left me on nor a few days ago why did you feel a need to leave the country so i left because quite

a large number of my friends families as well as people i've been in contact with in the civil disobedience will have arrested or are being targeted for mass and you know i personally don't want to go to jail and i don't think i would be productive in jail and so you know like many others there are people thailand was has historically been the home of us this events and i see myself sort of following in that tradition. how do you see this conflict playing out are you still with us interned. afraid. or you think we're going to. go ahead. yes so i was saying that given that we've been seeing sort of escalating indiscriminate violence from the middle and they are essentially targeting civilian populations even those who

aren't necessarily protest things as we saw in the bombings in corrent state it's quite likely that the 3rd point protesters will no longer be able to remain nonviolent will be able to convince themselves that this is the correct strategy especially if they don't see cortney actions from the international community. a meantime in bangkok thanks thanks very much for talking with us today. now to indonesia where around 20 people have been injured in a suicide bombing outside a catholic cathedral the wounded were attending to mark the start of easter police say the bombers had links to sue cole islamic state. this is the moment attackers blew themselves up outside the church. yes of course the explosion was so like there were 2 explosions i was shocked i ran outside i asked my friends to come and

see what happened. when we got there is he saw injured people on both sides of the room which he and. forensic examiners began identifying the suicide bombers analyzing body parts scattered at the scene miraculously they were the only fatalities injured people were quickly transferred to nearby hospitals their families recounting their drug deals. massive just spanish 3 of them were waiting for a taxi when it happened they suffered injuries to their arms hands and legs you. know. the attack in recess of makkah sar follows the arrest of dozens of militants suspected of planning terror acts this one could have been so much worse. i don't know much about when they were trying to enter the church compound right after mass ended but they were stopped by security guards at the gate. and

a lot of the. church leaders in indonesia have called on christians to remain calm and to not be afraid the president echoed that sentiment as he condemned the attack a solomonic. terrorism is a crime against humanity that has nothing to do with any religion over the jews reject acts of terrorism for whatever reason. some watch out i'll come i'm annoyed that i was more. civil we seize christian community left reeling at the start of holy week the end of the nation government says it will ensure people of all faiths can worship without fear. that. you're watching d.w. news still to come we meet a team of doctors in turkey to climb mountains to get people to countries remote just villages actually. but 1st german chancellor angela merkel says regional leaders need to put an end to

the chaos plaguing germany's fight against the credit crisis and a virtual summit last week leaders from both state and federal governments failed to agree on decisive measures back will says she'll be forced to take drastic action if the states don't reverse recent relaxations which have been which have seen case numbers rise sharply. german chancellor angela merkel on wednesday had the awkward task of walking back a government's newly minted pandemic guidelines for the easter break this unexpected u. turn prompted confusion added to criticism of her handling of the corona virus crisis that's dalby to peace i deeply regret this and would like to apologize to all german citizens. on sunday americal appeared on one of the country's most popular talk shows to make her case directly to the german people she said germany needs a turning point and criticize federal state leaders that haven't yet grasped the gravity of the situation. when the state leaders conference convenes again which is

why i'm not for holding an early conference it has to be clear that we have to achieve a consensus merkel says many federal states are being too lax the small state of zoloft has experimented with easing restrictions and the leader of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia has a very lax interpretation of the corona god lines. the distribution of roles and that's what i meant by a turning point it's no good because we've all got the same goal i'm convinced of this and that is to god the country through this pandemic. currently hundreds if not thousands of german vacationers are taking their easter break in majorca well at home infections continue to rise german health experts are demanding decisive action. till now only curfews of effectively stem the spread of the b one month 7 variant in portugal ireland and england i think we also need to take this approach. i thought some of the speaking as

a doctor the new data shows that infections are increasing so fast that rates of 100000 which our experts predicted seem all too realistic this should be a warning to us to quickly implemented safety measures against. medical shares this view and says stricter laws could be necessary possibly including obligatory tests for companies she also floated the idea that germany's lawmakers might pass new legislation faster than the conference of state leaders i intimate one possibility would be to revisit the infection protection laws and make changes on a case by case basis we're bound by law to curb the spread and currently that's not happening all nick is the i'm there most of. this remains the case now as it did a week ago. so let's bring in our chief political correspondent linda crane here melinda the chancellor last week was forced to reverse her decision to essentially shut down the country over easter but she's still not satisfied with the current

situation issue. no not in the least she said in that interview that we just saw a few clips from that the situation is very serious indeed that she does agree with the $5.00 just assessment that this 3rd wave could be the worst of all the pandemic waves that we have seen and the fact that the regional leaders are not taking the situation seriously quote unquote does not fill her with joy a characteristic of merkel understatement she also said germany doesn't have much time to get the right measures in place in order to flatten the curve and avert a catastrophe and she made it very clear that she does not plan to sit idly by and watch the numbers go up to 100000 cases new cases a day so a very thinly veiled threat there from the chancellor so the chancellor sees great

urgency in the situation what would medical like to see the states do that they're not doing already. well she said that other countries that appear to be getting this new variant too under some degree of control absolutely have relied on harder lockdowns on curfews on further limiting contacts between people and that all of those things need to happen and she also said those measures are actually already signed and sealed by the state leaders that they did agree at the beginning of march to a phased plan that includes a so-called emergency break at that emergency brake is supposed to go into effect with numbers rising as they are now and it would include exactly the measures that we're talking about and that's why she said if the states do not comply with what they've actually promised to do then i may need to redistribute the balance of

power between the federal state leaders and the federal government that is the so-called infection protection law that was mentioned in that report and that is a not so thinly veiled threat to the state of the regional state leaders either get your act together or i will have to take more of the power into my own hands sort of the nuclear option as it were germany is still struggling with its vaccine rolled out a lot of frustration in the country did medical offer any hope of improvement all of isolation from. she absolutely offered hope of improvement characteristically this was the message that we also heard from her last week terri when you and i listened to her statement to the bundestag the parliament she said you know we need to be more optimistic when we look toward the future because the fact is we do have a lot of vaccine now in the pipeline that will soon be available to people i

stand by my pledge that we will vaccinate all those who want to be vaccinated by the end of this summer what she didn't do was acknowledged any failings on her on one part or on the part of the federal government when it comes to procure meant of the vaccine and to the logistics of rolling it out and i think that's where a lot of people would have liked to hear a little bit more. linda thank you so much our chief political correspondent melinda crane. here a few other headlines in the coronavirus pandemic worldwide in the philippines some 25000000 people in greater manila and 4 outlying provinces are back in lockdown after a steep rise in cases australia's 3rd largest city brisbane is entering a snap 3 day shutdown on monday evening after several people tested positive for the virus and england is easing restrictions slightly people are allowed to meet in

small groups and can resume outdoor sports such as basketball tennis and goal. well turkey's vaccination efforts got off to a rapid start in mid january when more than half a 1000000 people were knocking lated in the 1st few days but the campaign has since slowed down getting the vaccine to people in the country's vast back country requires special efforts that has one team of doctors literally climbing up mountains our correspondent yuliya one reports. almost 2000 meters high up in the mountains lies the village of alton bedell in eastern turkey the few 100 residents one street are far off. and this is the doctor in charge of the coronavirus vaccinations here in the village. they nip at ralph and her team come regularly many home visits

require some serious climbing but they're almost used to it now. no coronavirus cases have been reported in 4 months that's why some residents are skeptical about the doctor's visit but they know this convinced that her commitment is important. people in the villages live close together if there is an infection it will spread very quickly and many don't like coming to the hospitals in nearby towns so we have to come to them. for all of. our hard work well. just getting his 2nd dose today when the doctors 1st came here a few weeks ago he almost keep them out. i was afraid at 1st here in the village they said the doctors were coming to kill the old people or the elderly die from the vaccination i heard and because of that we were

scared a lot of other boiling over. they never knows that there is a lot of false information floating around she and her team often tell patients that they themselves have been vaccinated as have their grandparents. that doesn't convince everyone but it did convince ali kazak. your knowledge of jr judged to be i hardly felt anything it didn't hurt at all less than a bee sting. of your. turkey is a huge country and with vaccination campaigns like this the government hopes to show that it is taking care of everyone even here in the most remote areas and yet critics say that the turkish vaccination drive isn't progressing as smoothly as the authorities would like to portray it. the government recently east turkey street corona measures restaurants are open again and significantly more people are out in about even in high risk cities like istanbul

a fast vaccination rollout was supposed to make the reopening possible but it seems that's exactly where efforts are now faltering the government originally promised to vaccinate 60 percent of the population by may. now they say it's going to be autumn and have them coral finn john j. from the turkish medical association things even that is too optimistic. the ministry of health has selected transparency since the beginning of the pandemic how many doses of the vaccine will turkey get and when the public is not properly informed about any of this but it is clear that if we continue at the current rate we will need up to one and a half years to vaccinate everyone. in the tin that it then of arab and her team have given the last vaccination for today the way back to their car is once again perilous. the doctors are

responsible for 20 villages and as long as there are doses they won't run out of work any time soon. in soccer news germany beat romania one nail in bucharest on sunday evening the result extends their record for consecutive world cup qualifier wins to 18 germany just took just over a quarter of an hour to open the scoring when sash found the back of the net to him lives side play their next qualifier at home and duesberg on wednesday against north macedonia and a more to spur motor sports formula one fans were treated to a thrilling season opener in bahrain but there was no surprise over the winner depending champion lewis hamilton came out on top a great start for the mercedes driver as he looks for his record breaking 8 world title. lewis hamilton started formula one season opener playing 2nd fiddle to pole

sitter much for stop and put the pair to turns but calling to choose in bahrain. hamilton's team mate fell to report to us was also in the mix until up $31.00 when a disastrous pit stop puts him out of the running the finn had to be content with the bonus point for fastest lap. was bought us go on a jewel in the desert was on between hamilton and fished up and. the dutchman went in front with just 3 laps to go. but the street outside truck limits in doing so and had to return the lead to the briton. hamilton held on to squeak home by 7 tenths of a 2nd and he sounded like a relieved man. pushed up and made a swift exit stage left but it looks like hamilton will face

a stiff challenge this year from red pools precocious dutchman. you're watching g.w. news from berlin coming up next our science show to morrow today takes a closer look at longchamp a 2 horse news for us for you all the time on our web site that's w dot com and terry march thanks for watching.

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